Global executions on the decline, says Amnesty International Amnesty International’s latest annual report has found fewer executions were carried around the world out in 2017 than the year prior. The number of people sentenced to death went down as well.

Last year Amnesty International recorded 923 executions worldwide. Although that number is still high, it is 4 percent less than in 2016, when the human rights organization registered 100 more. Four percent fewer executions — is it a global trend? Amnesty International capital punishment expert Oluwatosin Popoola warns there are caveats.